machine-info — Local machine information file
/etc/machine-info
The /etc/machine-info file
                contains machine meta data.
The basic file format of
                machine-info is a
                newline-separated list of environment-like
                shell-compatible variable assignments. It is possible
                to source the configuration from shell scripts,
                however, beyond mere variable assignments no shell
                features are supported, allowing applications to read
                the file without implementing a shell compatible
                execution engine.
/etc/machine-info contains
                meta data about the machine that is set by the user or
                administrator.
Depending on the operating system other configuration files might be checked for machine information as well, however only as fallback.
The following machine meta data parameters may
                be set using
                /etc/machine-info:
PRETTY_HOSTNAME=A pretty
                                human-readable UTF8 machine identifier
                                string. This should contain a name
                                like Lennart's
                                Laptop which is useful to
                                present to the user and does not
                                suffer by the syntax limitations of
                                internet domain names. If possible the
                                internet host name as configured in
                                /etc/hostname
                                should be kept similar to this
                                one. Example: if this value is
                                Lennart's Computer
                                an Internet host name of
                                lennarts-computer
                                might be a good choice. If this
                                parameter is not set an application
                                should fall back to the Internet host
                                name for presentation
                                purposes.
ICON_NAME=An icon identifying
                                this machine according to the XDG
                                Icon Naming Specification. If
                                this parameter is not set an
                                application should fall back to
                                computer or a
                                similar icon name.